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... antient govern- ment , would such tyranny in subjects have been per- mitted . As men of landed estates , I had no fault to find with their conduct , though much to reprehend , and much to wish changed , in many of the 28.
... antient govern- ment , would such tyranny in subjects have been per- mitted . As men of landed estates , I had no fault to find with their conduct , though much to reprehend , and much to wish changed , in many of the 28.
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... faults and errors . A foolish imitation of the worst part of the manners of England , which im- paired their natural character , without substituting in its place what perhaps they meant to copy , has cer- tainly rendered them worse ...
... faults and errors . A foolish imitation of the worst part of the manners of England , which im- paired their natural character , without substituting in its place what perhaps they meant to copy , has cer- tainly rendered them worse ...
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... faults in the morals of the no- bility would have been probably corrected , by the greater varieties of occupation and pursuit to which a constitution by orders would have given rise . TAXES PAID BY THE NOBILITY AND CLERGY OF FRANCE ...
... faults in the morals of the no- bility would have been probably corrected , by the greater varieties of occupation and pursuit to which a constitution by orders would have given rise . TAXES PAID BY THE NOBILITY AND CLERGY OF FRANCE ...
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... faults . PARTIES . THAT Connexion and faction are equivalent terms , is an opinion which has been carefully inculcated at all times by unconstitutional statesmen . The reason is evident . Whilst men are linked together , they easily and ...
... faults . PARTIES . THAT Connexion and faction are equivalent terms , is an opinion which has been carefully inculcated at all times by unconstitutional statesmen . The reason is evident . Whilst men are linked together , they easily and ...
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... fault of human nature is not of that sort . Power in whatever hands is rarely guilty of too strict limitations on itself . But one great advantage to the support of authority attends such an amicable and protecting connexion , that ...
... fault of human nature is not of that sort . Power in whatever hands is rarely guilty of too strict limitations on itself . But one great advantage to the support of authority attends such an amicable and protecting connexion , that ...
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Página 91 - It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to this great public contest. I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people.
Página 105 - The pretended rights of these theorists are all extremes ; and in proportion as they are metaphysically true, they are morally and politically false. Th6 rights of men are in a sort of middle, incapable of definition, but not impossible to be discerned. The rights of men in governments are their advantages ; and these are often in balances between differences of good ; in compromises sometimes between good and evil, and sometimes, between evil and evil.
Página 80 - The science of constructing a commonwealth, or renovating it, or reforming it, is, like every other experimental science, not to be taught a priori. Nor is it a short experience that can instruct us in that practical science; because the real effects of moral causes are not always immediate...
Página 41 - Party is a body of men united, for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest, upon some particular principle...
Página 75 - It is therefore our business carefully to cultivate in our minds, to rear to the most perfect vigour and maturity, every sort of generous and honest feeling that belongs to our nature. To bring the dispositions that are lovely in private life into the service and conduct of the commonwealth ; so to be patriots, as not to forget we are gentlemen.
Página 101 - If civil society be made for the advantage of man, all the advantages for which it is made become his right.
Página 26 - To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little platoon we belong to in society, is the first principle (the germ as it were) of public affections. It is the first link in the series by which we proceed towards a love to our country, and to mankind.
Página 103 - ... inclinations of men should frequently be thwarted, their will controlled, and their passions brought into subjection. This can only be done by a power out of themselves ; and not, in the exercise of its function, subject to that will and to those passions which it is its office to bridle and sub102 due. In this sense the restraints on men, as well as their liberties, are to be reckoned among their rights.
Página 139 - Had it pleased God to continue to me the hopes of succession, I should have been, according to my mediocrity and the mediocrity of the age I live in, a sort of founder of...